Process for manufacturing cardboard



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IGNACY POMORSKI, OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING CARDBOARD.

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To all LG/72,077?) it may concern:

Be it known that I, IGNAGY PDMORSKI, residing at Erie, county of Erie,and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Processes for l'iil'anufacturing Cardboard, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in processes of makingpaper, especially Writing paper.

It the object of my invention to enable the making by hand of anexcellent Writing paper of a compact WGl) from an inexpensive materialby a very 'simple mechanical proc ess. thus saving expense and labor.

To accomplish the result, I use plants growing in the Water, as forinstance-Water weeds, water plantains, or other aquatic plants which Iboil for about four hours in the presence of a coloring material if theproduction oil? colored paper is desired. The

pulp resulting from the boiling process, I sub ect to pressure betweentwo pressure rollers for removlng the Water therefrom and to roll thepulp into a compact flat sheet which is then cut into sheets of varioussizes, according to the use for which it is intended.

If a paper of a very fine quality is to be produced, the stalks, skinsand roots of the plants must be removed from the mass before the same issubjected to the boiling process, and in fact the quality of the paperproduced will depend on the degree to which such roots, stalks, andskins have been removed from the mass. If it is desired to produce apaper of a very fine quality, the

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 1, 1921.

Application filed October 22, 1919. Serial No. 332,527.

mass, after the boiling process, is subjected to Washing and. bleachingand thereafter, is again subjected for the action of two 01' morepressure rollers in order to form an endless Web which is then out intosheets of the desired sizes.

\Vhat I claim is-- 1. The process of making paper consisting in boilingaquatic plants, adding coloring matter to the boiling mass, and finallysubjecting the pulp resulting from the boiling to calendering.

2. The process of making paper consisting in boiling aquatic plants,adding coloring matter to the boiling mass, removing the skins, stalks,and roots from the plants, and finally subjecting the resulting pulp tocalendering.

3. The process of making paper consisting in boiling Water Weeds forfour hours, adding coloring matter to the boiling mass, removing thestalks, roots, and skins, from said mass, and finally calendering thepulp, and cutting the resulting Web into pieces of various sizes.

4. The process of making paper consisting in boiling aquatic plants,adding coloring matter to the mass, removing the stalks, roots and.skins from said mass, Washing the resulting pulp, bleaching the same,and

.linally calendering the pulp and cutting the resulting web into piecesof various sizes.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

IGNAOY POMORSKI.

